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Kastner Train Passengers From Bergen-Belsen To Switzerland, 1944
Kastner is a German language surname, originating from the medieval occupation Kastner ("bursary officer"). It may refer to: * Bruno Kastner (1890–1932), German actor * Daniel Kastner (born 1981), Austrian footballer * Daniel L. Kastner ( fl. 2020), American researcher and physician * Elliott Kastner (1930–2010), American film producer * Jean-Georges Kastner (1810–1867), French composer and musicologist * John Kastner (born 1969), Canadian musician and composer * Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner (1783–1857), chemist, natural scientist * Karl Kastner (died 1921) ** Kastner & Öhler, Austrian department store chain * Kas Kastner, racing driver, racing car builder, racing team manager * Marc A. Kastner (born 1945), American physicist * Peter Kastner (1943 – 2008), Canadian born actor * Rudolf Kastner (1906–1957), Jewish-Hungarian lawyer, head of the Hungarian Aid and Rescue Committee during the Holocaust ** Kastner train The Kastner train consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc A
Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system of the State of Maryland, serving Maryland, Washington, D.C., and eastern West Virginia * MARC (archive), a computer-related mailing list archive * M/A/R/C Research, a marketing research and consulting firm * Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition, a non-profit, volunteer organization * Matador Automatic Radar Control, a guidance system for the Martin MGM-1 Matador cruise missile * Mid-America Regional Council, the Council of Governments and the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the bistate Kansas City region * Midwest Association for Race Cars, a former American stock car racing organization * Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry (''Movimiento Agrario Revolucionario del Campesinado Boliviano''), a defunct right- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kestner
Kestner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (Georg Christian) August Kestner (1777, Hanover - 1853), German antiquarian and diplomat ** Kestner-Museum, Hanover, Germany, founded in 1889 ** kestnergesellschaft, an art gallery in Hanover, Germany, founded in 1916 * Boyd Kestner (born 1964), American actor * Charles Kestner (1803 - 1870), German-French chemist and politician * Charlotte Kestner, née Buff (1753 - 1828), wife of Johann Christian Kestner * Hermann Kestner (1810 - 1890), German composer * Jens Kestner (born 1971), German politician * Johann Christian Kestner (1741 - 1800), German jurist and archivist :de:Johann Christian Kestner * Lars Kestner, American author of financial texts * Paul Kestner, founded the Kestner company in 1902, now part of the GEA Group See also * Kastner Kastner is a German language surname, originating from the medieval occupation Kastner ("bursary officer"). It may refer to: * Bruno Kastner (1890–1932), Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kästner
Kästner (transliterated Kaestner) is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, (1719-1800), German mathematician ** Kästner (crater), a lunar crater * Detlef Kästner (born 1958), German boxer * Erich Kästner (1899–1974), German author ** (12318) Kästner asteroid named after Erich Kästner * Erich Kästner (camera designer) (1911–2005), German movie camera designer * Erich Kästner (World War I veteran) (1900–2008), the last known German veteran of the First World War * Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado (born 1992), American professional wrestler known as Sasha Banks * Peter Kaestner (born 1953), American foreign service officer and ornithologist Other * Louis Kaestner, fictional character in the period political crime drama Boardwalk Empire, one of the main protagonists in the first season and one of the two main antagonists in the second season See also * Kastner * Kestner Kestner is a German surname. Notable people with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costner
Costner is a surname of several individuals, as well the surname of several fictional characters as well. * Brandon Costner (born 1987), basketball player * Chris Costner Sizemore (1927–2016), multiple personality disorder sufferer * George Costner (1923—2002), boxer * Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actor ... (born 1955), actor and director * Michael Costner, fictional character * Victor Lee Costner (June 18, 1947- May 1, 2023), War veteran {{surname Occupational surnames ru:Костнер ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Kastner
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Susanne may refer to: *Susanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name) *, later USS ''SP-411'', a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919 *, the proposed name and designation for a vessel the Navy considered for service during World War I but never acquired * ''Susanne'' (1950 film), a Danish film directed by Torben Anton Svendsen * ''Susanne'' (1961 film), a Swedish film directed by Elsa Colfach * "Susanne" (song), by Weezer See also * *Suzanne (other) *Susanna (other) *Susana (other) *Susann *Zuzana Zuzana is a common female given name in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is often translated to other languages as Zuzanna ( Polish), Suzanne, Susan, or Susannah – all commonly derived from the Hebrew language name Shoshana, meaning "lilly". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Kastner
Sabine Kastner is a German-born American cognitive neuroscientist. She is professor of psychology at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. She also holds a visiting scientist appointment at the University of California at Berkeley. She is an elected member of the Society for Experimental Psychology (2020), American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2022), National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany (2021), the International Neuropsychology Symposium (2016), and a Fellow of the American Psychological Society (2010). She received the Young Investigator Award of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2005), the Society for Neuroscience Award for Education in Neuroscience (2019), and the George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience. Biography Early life and education Kastner grew up in Hannover, Germany, where she attended the Wilhelm-Raabe-Gymnasium. She was the first in her family to earn a high school diploma. Ranking in the top 1% of high school stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kastner Train
The Kastner train consisted of 35 cattle wagons that left Budapest on 30 June 1944, during the German occupation of Hungary, carrying over 1,600 Jews temporarily to Bergen-Belsen and safety in Switzerland after large ransom paid by Swiss Orthodox Jew Yitzchak Sternbuch, Recha Sternbuch's husband.For 30 June, see Bauer (1994), p. 199; for the date and time (30 June, towards 11 pm), see Löb (2009), pp. 50, 97; for 35 cattle trucks, see p. 97. Porter (2007), p. 234, writes that the train left Budapest at half an hour after midnight on Saturday, 1 July. The number of passengers most often cited is 1,684. This was the number registered when the train arrived at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The number on board when the train left Budapest is not known, because people jumped on and off while the train was in motion. The train was named after Rudolf Kastner (aka Kasztner), a Hungarian-Jewish lawyer and journalist, who was a founding member of the Budapest A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kastner
Peter Kastner (1 October 1943 – 18 September 2008) was a Canadian-born actor who achieved prominence as a disaffected youth in movies of the 1960s. Life and career Kastner was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Rose and Martin Kastner. His family was Jewish. Kastner's first leading role was in the 1964 Canadian film '' Nobody Waved Goodbye'', which was a semi-improvised, documentary-style look at middle-class teenagers. He played an alienated young man, the son of a prosperous automobile dealer, who drifts into petty thievery. His breakthrough role was in the title role in Francis Ford Coppola's 1966 comedy ''You're a Big Boy Now'', which starred Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Karen Black, and Julie Harris, in which Kastner played an earnest young man who moves from his parents' house to New York City and struggles with confusing relationships. He played a similar role as an earnest young advertising man swept up in the era in 1971's ''B.S. I Love You''. Kas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kas Kastner
Robert W. Kastner (30 August 1928 – 11 April 2021), commonly known as R.W. Kastner or Kas Kastner, was a builder and tuner of racing cars, a racing driver, and an author. He also raced sailing boats competitively. At different times he was Director of Motorsports in the United States for both the Triumph Motor Company and Nissan. Kastner has been called one of the most influential Americans in the history of Triumph cars. He coined the maxim "Never be beaten by equipment." Early years Kastner was born in Batavia, New York. He graduated High School in 1945, then enlisted in the US Army for a two-year stint, during which he was stationed at Fort Carlson in Colorado. After his discharge he returned to Batavia briefly, where he taught himself to drive in a 1934 Plymouth. He soon returned to Colorado where he earned a living in a variety of jobs, including managing the pool-hall portion of a large bar, where he earned some extra money hustling pool. His next stop was working as a mec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Kastner
Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most prominent in the 1910s and 1920s during the silent film era. Kastner was one of the most popular leading men in German films during his career's peak in the 1920s. Early life Richard Otto Bruno Kastner was born in Forst (Lausitz), Brandenburg, Germany in 1890 to Paul Ferdinand Richard Kastner, a forestry tax minister, and Ida Elisabeth Emma Kastner (née Voigt). Kastner attended schools in Fürstenwalde and afterward served a short, seventeen-day stint in the military before being relieved of his duties due to an injury.Bruno Kastner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
